The Wordsmith Dictionary

wood cut ter |ˈwo͝odˌkətər ˈwʊdˌkədər | ▶noun 1 a person who cuts down trees or branches, esp. for fuel. 2 a person who makes woodcuts. DERIVATIVES wood cut ting noun

wood duck

wood duck ▶noun a tree-nesting North American duck, the male of which has brightly colored plumage. Also called Carolina duck. [Aix sponsa, family Anatidae. ]

wood ear

wood ear ▶noun an edible fungus, black or brown in color, that grows on trees and is sold in dry wrinkled shapes somewhat resembling ears. [Auricularia auricula, family Auriculariaceae. ]

wooded

wood ed |ˈwo͝odid ˈwʊdəd | ▶adjective (of an area of land ) covered with woods or many trees: a wooded valley.

wooden

wood en |ˈwo͝odn ˈwʊdn | ▶adjective 1 made of wood: a wooden spoon | she closed the heavy wooden door. 2 like or characteristic of wood: a kind of dull wooden sound. • stiff and awkward in movement or manner: she is one of the most wooden actresses of all time. DERIVATIVES wood en ly adverb wooden ( sense 2 ), wood en ness noun wooden ( sense 2 )

wood engraving

wood en grav ing ▶noun a print made from a finely detailed design cut into the end grain of a block of wood. Compare with woodcut. • the technique of making such prints. DERIVATIVES wood en grav er noun

wooden-head

wood en-head ▶noun informal a stupid person. DERIVATIVES wood en-head ed adjective, wood en-head ed ness noun

wooden spoon

wood ¦en spoon ▶noun Brit. an imaginary prize said to be awarded to the person who is last in a race or other competition. ORIGIN a spoon made of wood was formerly given to the candidate coming last in the Cambridge mathematical tripos.

woodentop

wooden |top |ˈwʊd (ə )ntɒp | ▶noun Brit. informal, derogatory 1 a uniformed policeman. 2 a soldier belonging to the Guards.

woodfern

wood fern |ˈwo͝odˌfərn ˈwʊdfərn | ▶noun an evergreen fern with leathery dark-green fronds. [Genus Dryopteris, family Polypodiaceae, numerous species, including the common evergreen (or marginal ) woodfern (D. marginalis ).]

wood fiber

wood fi ber |ˈwo͝od ˌfībər ˈwʊd ˌfaɪbər | ▶noun fiber obtained from wood and used esp. in the manufacture of paper.

woodgrain

wood grain |ˈwo͝odˌgrān ˈwʊdɡreɪn | ▶noun a texture seen in a cut surface of wood. • [ as modifier ] denoting a surface or finish imitating such a pattern: the doors are available in woodgrain finish.

woodgrouse

wood grouse |ˈwo͝odˌgrous ˈwʊd ˌɡraʊs | ▶noun a grouse that frequents woodlands, esp. a capercaillie, spruce grouse, or willow grouse.

wood-hoopoe

wood-hoo poe |ˈho͞oˌpō, -po͞o ˌwʊd ˈhupoʊ | ▶noun a long-tailed African bird with a long, slender, down-curved bill and blackish plumage with a blue or green gloss. [Genus Phoeniculus, family Phoeniculidae: several species. ]

wood ibis

wood i bis ▶noun 1 a stork with a slightly down-curved bill and a bare face or head, found in America and Africa. Also called wood stork. [Genus Mycteria, family Ciconiidae: the black-faced M. americana of America, and the red-faced M. ibis of Africa. ] 2 ( crested wood ibis ) a mainly brown ibis with a greenish crest, found only in Madagascar. [Lophotibis cristata, family Threskiornithidae. ]

woodie

wood ie |ˈwo͝odē ˈwʊdi | ▶noun 1 vulgar slang (also woody ) (of a man ) a penile erection. 2 a station wagon with wood exterior paneling.

Woodland

Wood land |ˈwo͝odlənd ˈwʊdlənd | a city in north central California, northwest of Sacramento; pop. 54,567 (est. 2008 ).

woodland

wood land |ˈwo͝odlənd, -ˌland ˈwʊdlənd | ▶noun (also woodlands ) land covered with trees: large areas of ancient woodland | [ as modifier ] : woodland birds are often drably colored.

woodlander

wood land er |ˈwo͝odləndər, -ˌlandər ˈwʊdləndər | ▶noun an inhabitant of woodland.

woodlark

wood lark |ˈwo͝odˌlärk ˈwʊdlɑrk | ▶noun a small European and North African lark with a short tail and melodious song, frequenting open ground with scattered trees. [Lullula arborea, family Alaudidae. ]

Woodlawn

Wood lawn |ˈwo͝odˌlôn ˈwʊdlɔn | a residential section of the northern Bronx in New York City, site of the noted Woodlawn Cemetery.

wood louse

wood louse ▶noun ( pl. wood lice ) a small terrestrial crustacean with a grayish segmented body and seven pairs of legs, living in damp habitats. [Oniscus and other genera, order Isopoda. ]

woodman

wood man |ˈwo͝odmən ˈwʊdmən | ▶noun ( pl. woodmen ) chiefly historical a person working in woodland, esp. a forester or woodcutter.

wood mouse

wood mouse ▶noun a dark brown Eurasian mouse with a long tail and large eyes. Also called field mouse. [Genus Apodemus, family Muridae: several species, in particular the widespread A. sylvaticus. ]

wood mushroom

wood mush room ▶noun an edible mushroom with a white cap and brown gills, smelling strongly of aniseed and found in woodland in both Eurasia and North America. [Agaricus silvicola, family Agaricaceae, class Hymenomycetes. ]

woodnote

wood note |ˈwo͝odˌnōt ˈwʊdnoʊt | ▶noun literary a natural and untrained musical note resembling the song of a bird.

wood nymph

wood nymph ▶noun 1 (in folklore and classical mythology ) a nymph inhabiting woodland, esp. a Dryad or Hamadryad. 2 a brown American butterfly of grassy habitats and light woodlands, with large eyespots on the forewings and smaller ones on the hind wings. [Genus Cercyonis, subfamily Satyrinae, family Nymphalidae: several species, in particular the widespread C. pegala. ] 3 (also woodnymph ) a dark-colored, green-throated hummingbird, found from Mexico to Argentina. [Genus Thalurania, family Trochilidae: several species, including the common wood nymph (T. furcata ) and the Mexican wood nymph (T. ridgwayi ).]

woodpecker

wood peck er |ˈwo͝odˌpekər ˈwʊdˌpɛkər | ▶noun a bird with a strong bill and a stiff tail, that climbs tree trunks to find insects and drums on dead wood to mark territory. [Family Picidae (the woodpecker family ): many genera and numerous species. The woodpecker family also includes the wrynecks, piculets, flickers, and sapsuckers. ]

wood pigeon

wood pi geon |ˈwʊd ˌpɪʤən | ▶noun a large Eurasian and African pigeon with mainly gray plumage, using wing claps in display flight. [Genus Columba, family Columbidae: several species, in particular the widespread C. palumbus (also called ringdove ). ]

woodpile

wood pile |ˈwo͝odˌpīl ˈwʊdˌpaɪl | ▶noun a stack of wood stored for fuel.

wood pulp

wood pulp |ˈwʊd ˌpəlp | ▶noun wood fiber reduced chemically or mechanically to pulp and used in the manufacture of paper.

wood rat

wood rat ▶noun another term for pack rat.

woodruff

wood ruff |ˈwo͝odˌrəf ˈwʊdrəf | ▶noun a white-flowered plant of the bedstraw family with whorled leaves, smelling of new-mown hay when dried or crushed. [Genera Galium and Asperula, family Rubiaceae: several species, esp. sweet woodruff (G. odoratum ).] ORIGIN Old English wudurofe, from wudu ‘wood ’ + an element of unknown meaning.

Woodruff key

Wood ruff key |ˈwo͝odrəf ˈwʊdrəf ki | ▶noun a key whose cross section is part circular, to fit into a curved keyway in a shaft, and part rectangular, used chiefly in machinery. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: named after the Woodruff Manufacturing Company, Hartford, Connecticut.

woodrush

wood rush |ˈwo͝odˌrəSH ˈwʊdˌrəʃ | ▶noun a grasslike plant that typically has long flat leaves fringed with long hairs. [Genus Luzula, family Juncaceae: many species. ]

Woods, Tiger

Woods, Tiger |wo͝odz wʊdz | (1975 –), US golfer; full name Eldrick Tont Woods. Since turning professional in 1996, he has won several championships, including the Masters (1997, 2001, 2002, 2005 ), the PGA (1999, 2000, 2006, 2007 ), the US Open (2000, 2002, 2008 ), and the British Open (2000, 2005, 2006 ).

Woods, William Burnham

Woods, William Burnham |wo͝odz wʊdz | (1824 –87 ), US Supreme Court associate justice 1880 –87. A judge on the circuit court, he was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Hayes.

wood sage

wood sage ▶noun another term for American germander (see germander ).

wood screw

wood screw ▶noun a tapering metal screw with a sharp point.

woodshed

wood shed |ˈwo͝odˌSHed ˈwʊdˌʃɛd | ▶noun a shed where wood for fuel is stored. ▶verb [ no obj. ] informal practice a musical instrument: he's off woodshedding again. PHRASES take someone to the woodshed informal reprove or punish someone.

Woods Hole

Woods Hole a village in Falmouth in southeastern Massachusetts, at the southwest corner of Cape Cod, a resort and noted ocean research center.

woodsia

wood si a |ˈwo͝odzēə ˈwʊdziə | ▶noun a small tufted fern that grows among rocks in mountains in temperate and cool regions. [Genus Woodsia, family Woodsiaceae. ] ORIGIN modern Latin, named after Joseph Woods (1776 –1864 ), English architect and botanist.

wood slave

wood slave ▶noun W. Indian a Central American gecko with a tail that is swollen at the base, often found living in houses. ●Thecadactylus rapicauda, family Gekkonidae.

woodsman

woods man |ˈwo͝odzmən ˈwʊdzmən | ▶noun ( pl. woodsmen ) a person living or working in the woods, esp. a forester, hunter, or woodcutter.

woodsmoke

wood smoke |ˈwo͝odˌsmōk ˈwʊdsmoʊk | ▶noun the smoke from a wood fire.

wood sorrel

wood sor rel ▶noun a small woodland plant with cloverlike leaves and five-petaled flowers. [Genus Oxalis, family Oxalidaceae: several species, including the yellow-flowered creeping yellow wood sorrel (O. stricta ) and the purple-flowered violet wood sorrel (O. violacea ).]

wood spirit

wood spir it ▶noun another term for wood alcohol.

wood stain

wood stain ▶noun a commercially produced substance for colouring wood.

woodstar

wood |star |ˈwʊdstɑː | ▶noun a very small American hummingbird found in tropical forests, with a green back and typically a red or purple throat. ●Family Trochilidae: several genera and species.

Woodstock

Wood stock |ˈwo͝odˌstäk ˈwʊdstɑk | a small town in southwestern New York, 50 miles (80 km ) south of Albany. It gave its name in the summer of 1969 to a huge rock music festival held about 60 miles (96 km ) to the southwest.

wood stork

wood stork ▶noun another term for wood ibis.

woodswallow

wood |swal ¦low ▶noun a long-winged Australasian and southern Asian bird related to the Australian butcher-birds, feeding on insects in flight. ●Family Artamidae and genus Artamus: several species.

woodsy

woods y |ˈwo͝odzē ˈwʊdzi | ▶adjective of, relating to, or characteristic of wood or woodlands: trails through woodsy countryside | the woodsy smells of cedar and pine. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: formed irregularly from wood (differentiated from woody ).

wood thrush

wood thrush ▶noun a thrush of eastern North America, with a brown back, rufous head, and dark-spotted white breast, and a loud liquid song. [Hylocichla mustelina, subfamily Turdinae, family Muscicapidae. ]

wood tick

wood tick ▶noun a North American tick that infests wild and domestic animals, often found clinging to plants and responsible for transmitting spotted fever. [Genus Dermacentor, family Ixodidae, in particular D. andersoni. ]

woodturning

wood turn ing |ˈwo͝odˌtərniNG ˈwʊdˌtərnɪŋ | ▶noun the action of shaping wood with a lathe. DERIVATIVES wood turn er |-ˌtərnər |noun

wood warbler

wood war bler ▶noun a migratory European leaf warbler found in woodlands, with plaintive calls and a trilling song. [Phylloscopus sibilatrix, family Sylviidae. ] • any New World warbler of the subfamily Parulinae, family Emberizidae.

Woodward, Joanne

Wood ward, Joanne |ˈwo͝odwərd ˈwʊdwərd | (1930 –), US actress. She starred in The Three Faces of Eve (1957 ); The Long Hot Summer (1958 ); Rachel, Rachel (1968; directed by husband Paul Newman ); The Glass Menagerie (1987 ), and Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990 ).

Woodward, Robert

Wood ward, Robert |ˈwo͝odwərd ˈwʊdwərd | (1943 –), US journalist; full name Robert Upshur Woodward. He was the Washington Post reporter who, with Carl Bernstein, broke the story of the Watergate burglary and traced the financial payoffs to President Nixon. With Bernstein, he wrote All the President's Men (1974 ) and The Final Days (1976 ). He is also the author of The Choice (1996 ), Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate (1999 ), and Plan of Attack (2004 ).

Woodward, Robert Burns

Wood ward, Robert Burns |ˈwʊdwərd ˈwo͝odwərd | (1917 –79 ), US organic chemist. He was the first to synthesize quinine, cholesterol, chlorophyll, and vitamin B 12, and with Roald Hoffmann (1937 –), a US chemist, born in Poland, discovered symmetry-based rules governing the course of rearrangement reactions involving cyclic intermediates. Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1965 ).

woodwasp

wood wasp |ˈwo͝odˌwäsp ˈwʊdwɑsp | ▶noun another term for horntail.

woodwind

wood wind |ˈwo͝odˌwind ˈwʊdˌwɪnd | ▶noun [ treated as sing. or pl. ] wind instruments other than brass instruments forming a section of an orchestra, including flutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons: striking passages for woodwind and brass | [ as modifier ] : a woodwind instrument.

wood wool

wood wool ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. a mass of fine, soft wood shavings, typically used as a packing material.

wood woolly foot

wood wool ly foot ▶noun see woolly foot.

woodwork

wood work |ˈwo͝odˌwərk ˈwʊdˌwərk | ▶noun the wooden parts of a room or building, such as window frames or doors: the woodwork was painted blue. PHRASES come out of the woodwork (of an unpleasant person or thing ) emerge from obscurity; be revealed.

woodworking

wood work ing |ˈwo͝odˌwərkiNG ˈwʊdwərkɪŋ | ▶noun the activity or skill of making things from wood. DERIVATIVES wood work er noun

woodworm

wood worm |ˈwo͝odˌwərm ˈwʊdˌwərm | ▶noun the worm or larva of a beetle that bores into wood. • the damaged condition of wood resulting from infestation with this larva.

woody

wood y |ˈwo͝odē ˈwʊdi | ▶adjective ( woodier, woodiest ) (of an area of land ) covered with trees: a woody dale. • made of, resembling, or suggestive of wood: cut out the woody central core before boiling. • Botany (of a plant or its stem ) of the nature of or consisting of wood; lignified. ▶noun ( pl. woodies ) vulgar slang an erection of the penis. DERIVATIVES wood i ness noun

woodyard

wood yard |ˈwo͝odˌyärd ˈwʊdjɑrd | ▶noun a yard where wood is chopped or stored.

woody nightshade

wood y night shade ▶noun see nightshade.

Oxford Dictionary

wood

wood |wʊd | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] the hard fibrous material that forms the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub, used for fuel or timber: a block of wood | [ count noun ] : best quality woods were used for joinery. • (the wood ) wooden barrels used for storing alcoholic drinks: wines from the wood . • [ count noun ] a golf club with a wooden or other head that is relatively broad from face to back (often with a numeral indicating the degree to which the face is angled to loft the ball ). • [ count noun ] Golf a shot made with a wood. • another term for bowl 2 ( sense 1 of the noun ). 2 (also woods ) an area of land, smaller than a forest, that is covered with growing trees: a thick hedge divided the wood from the field | a long walk in the woods. PHRASES be unable to see the wood (or N. Amer. the forest ) for the trees fail to grasp the main issue because of over-attention to details. out of the wood (or woods ) [ usu. with negative ] out of danger or difficulty. touch (or chiefly N. Amer. knock on ) wood said in order to prevent a confident statement from bringing bad luck: I haven't been banned yet, touch wood. [with reference to the custom of touching something wooden to ward off bad luck. ]DERIVATIVES woodless adjective ORIGIN Old English wudu, from a Germanic word related to Welsh gwŷdd ‘trees ’.

Wood, Grant

Wood, Mrs Henry

Wood, Natalie

Wood |wʊd | (1938 –81 ), American actress. She played the vulnerable adolescent heroine of Rebel Without A Cause (1955 ), and similar roles in Cry in the Night (1956 ), West Side Story (1961 ), and Inside Daisy Clover (1966 ).

Wood, Sir Henry

wood alcohol

wood al ¦co |hol ▶noun [ mass noun ] crude methanol made by distillation from wood.

wood anemone

wood anem |one ▶noun a spring-flowering Eurasian anemone with pink-tinged white flowers, growing in woodland and shady places. ●Anemone nemorosa, family Ranunculaceae.

wood ant

wood ant ▶noun a large reddish-brown European ant found chiefly in woodland, living in nest mounds which it defends by spraying formic acid at the attacker. ●Formica rufa, family Formicidae.

wood avens

wood avens ▶noun a yellow-flowered Eurasian plant which favours damp shady habitats. Also called herb bennet. ●Geum urbanum, family Rosaceae.

woodbine

wood |bine |ˈwʊdbʌɪn | ▶noun 1 Brit. the common honeysuckle. 2 N. Amer. Virginia creeper.

woodblock

wood |block |ˈwʊdblɒk | ▶noun a block of wood, especially one forming part of a floor. • a block of wood from which woodcut prints are made. • a hollow wooden block used as a percussion instrument.

Woodbridge

Wood bridge |ˈwo͝odˌbrij ˈwʊdbrɪʤ | an industrial, commercial, and residential township in northeastern New Jersey; pop. 97,963 (est. 2008 ).

Woodbury, Levi

woodcarving

wood |carv ¦ing |ˈwʊdkɑːvɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action or skill of carving wood to make functional or ornamental objects. • [ count noun ] an object carved from wood. DERIVATIVES woodcarver noun

woodchat

woodchat |ˈwʊdtʃat |(also woodchat shrike ) ▶noun a shrike of southern Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, having black and white plumage with a chestnut head. ●Lanius senator, family Laniidae.

woodchip

wood |chip |ˈwʊdtʃɪp | ▶noun a chip of wood. • (also woodchip paper ) [ mass noun ] chiefly Brit. wallpaper with woodchips embedded in it to give a grainy surface texture.

woodchuck

wood |chuck |ˈwʊdtʃʌk | ▶noun a North American marmot with a heavy body and short legs. ●Marmota monax, family Sciuridae. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: alteration (by association with wood ) of an American Indian name; compare with Cree wuchak, otchock.

woodcock

wood |cock |ˈwʊdkɒk | ▶noun ( pl. same ) a woodland bird of the sandpiper family, with a long bill, brown camouflaged plumage, and a distinctive display flight. ●Genus Scolopax, family Scolopacidae: several species, in particular the Eurasian woodcock (S. rusticola ), which is sometimes regarded as a game bird.

woodcraft

wood |craft |ˈwʊdkrɑːft | ▶noun [ mass noun ] chiefly N. Amer. 1 skill in woodwork. 2 knowledge of woodland, especially with reference to camping and other outdoor pursuits.

woodcut

wood |cut |ˈwʊdkʌt | ▶noun a print of a type made from a design cut in a block of wood, formerly widely used for illustrations in books. Compare with wood engraving. • [ mass noun ] the technique of making woodcuts.

woodcutter

wood |cut ¦ter |ˈwʊdkʌtə | ▶noun 1 a person who cuts down trees or branches, especially for fuel. 2 a person who makes woodcuts. DERIVATIVES woodcutting noun

wood duck

wood duck ▶noun a tree-nesting North American duck, the male of which has brightly coloured plumage. Also called Carolina duck. ●Aix sponsa, family Anatidae.

wood ear

wood ear ▶noun an edible fungus, black or brown in color, that grows on trees and is sold in dry wrinkled shapes somewhat resembling ears. [Auricularia auricula, family Auriculariaceae. ]

wooded

wood ¦ed |ˈwʊdɪd | ▶adjective (of an area of land ) covered with woods or many trees: a wooded valley.

wooden

wood ¦en |ˈwʊd (ə )n | ▶adjective 1 made of wood: a wooden toy | she closed the heavy wooden door. 2 like or characteristic of wood: a kind of dull wooden sound. • stiff and awkward in movement or manner: she is one of the most wooden actresses of all time. DERIVATIVES woodenly adverb wooden ( sense 2 ), woodenness noun wooden ( sense 2 )

wood engraving

wood en |grav ¦ing ▶noun a print made from a finely detailed design cut into the end grain of a block of wood. Compare with woodcut. • [ mass noun ] the technique of making wood engravings. DERIVATIVES wood engraver noun

wooden-head

wooden-head ▶noun informal a stupid person. DERIVATIVES wooden-headed adjective, wooden-headedness noun

wooden spoon

woodentop

wooden |top |ˈwʊd (ə )ntɒp | ▶noun Brit. informal, derogatory 1 a uniformed policeman. 2 a soldier belonging to the Guards.

woodfern

wood fibre

wood fibre ▶noun [ mass noun ] fibre obtained from wood and used especially in the manufacture of paper.

woodgrain

wood |grain ▶noun a pattern of fibres seen in a cut surface of wood. • [ as modifier ] denoting a surface or finish imitating woodgrain: the doors are available in woodgrain finish.

woodgrouse

wood grouse |ˈwo͝odˌgrous ˈwʊd ˌɡraʊs | ▶noun a grouse that frequents woodlands, esp. a capercaillie, spruce grouse, or willow grouse.

wood hedgehog

wood hedge |hog ▶noun another term for hedgehog fungus.

wood-hoopoe

wood-hoopoe ▶noun a long-tailed African bird with a long slender downcurved bill and blackish plumage with a blue or green gloss. ●Genus Phoeniculus, family Phoeniculidae: several species.

wood ibis

wood ibis ▶noun 1 a stork with a slightly downcurved bill and a bare face or head, found in America and Africa. Also called wood stork. ●Genus Mycteria, family Ciconiidae: the black-faced M. americana of America, and the red-faced M. ibis of Africa. 2 ( crested wood ibis ) a mainly brown ibis with a greenish crest, found only in Madagascar. ●Lophotibis cristata, family Threskiornithidae.

woodie

wood ie |ˈwo͝odē ˈwʊdi | ▶noun 1 vulgar slang (also woody ) (of a man ) a penile erection. 2 a station wagon with wood exterior paneling.

woodland

wood |land |ˈwʊdlənd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] (also woodlands ) land covered with trees: large areas of ancient woodland.

Woodland

Wood land |ˈwo͝odlənd ˈwʊdlənd | a city in north central California, northwest of Sacramento; pop. 54,567 (est. 2008 ).

woodlander

wood |land ¦er ▶noun an inhabitant of woodland.

woodlark

wood |lark |ˈwʊdlɑːk | ▶noun a small European and North African lark with a short tail and melodious song, frequenting open ground with scattered trees. ●Lullula arborea, family Alaudidae.

Woodlawn

Wood lawn |ˈwo͝odˌlôn ˈwʊdlɔn | a residential section of the northern Bronx in New York City, site of the noted Woodlawn Cemetery.

woodlouse

woodman

wood |man |ˈwʊdmən | ▶noun ( pl. woodmen ) a person working in woodland, especially a forester or woodcutter.

wood mouse

wood mouse ▶noun a dark brown Eurasian mouse with a long tail and large eyes. Also called field mouse. ●Genus Apodemus, family Muridae: several species, in particular the widespread A. sylvaticus.

wood mushroom

wood mush |room ▶noun an edible mushroom with a white cap and brown gills, smelling strongly of aniseed and found in woodland in both Eurasia and North America. ●Agaricus silvicola, family Agaricaceae, class Hymenomycetes.

woodnote

wood |note |ˈwʊdnəʊt | ▶noun literary a natural and untrained musical note resembling the song of a bird.

wood nymph

wood nymph ▶noun 1 (in folklore and classical mythology ) a nymph inhabiting woodland, especially a dryad or hamadryad. 2 a brown American butterfly of grassy habitats and light woodland, with large eyespots on the forewings and smaller ones on the hindwings. ●Genus Cercyonis, subfamily Satyrinae, family Nymphalidae: several species.

woodpecker

wood |peck ¦er |ˈwʊdpɛkə | ▶noun a bird with a strong bill and a stiff tail, which climbs tree trunks to find insects and drums on dead wood to mark territory. ●Family Picidae (the woodpecker family ): many genera and numerous species. The woodpecker family also includes the wrynecks, piculets, flickers, and sapsuckers.

wood pigeon

wood pi ¦geon ▶noun a large Eurasian and African pigeon with mainly grey plumage, using wing claps in display flight. ●Genus Columba, family Columbidae: several species, in particular the widespread C. palumbus (also called ringdove ).

woodpile

wood |pile |ˈwʊdpʌɪl | ▶noun a stack of wood stored for fuel.

wood pulp

wood pulp ▶noun [ mass noun ] wood fibre reduced chemically or mechanically to pulp and used in the manufacture of paper.

woodrat

wood |rat ▶noun 1 a rat-like rodent that accumulates a mound of sticks and debris in the nest hole, native to North and Central America. Also called pack rat. ●Neotoma and other genera, family Muridae: many species. 2 (usu. wood rat ) a forest-dwelling rat found in southern Asia. ●Rattus, Cremnomys, and other genera, family Muridae.

woodruff

woodruff |ˈwʊdrʌf |(also sweet woodruff ) ▶noun a white-flowered Eurasian plant with whorled leaves, smelling of new-mown hay when dried or crushed. ●Galium odoratum, family Rubiaceae. ORIGIN Old English wudurofe, from wudu ‘wood ’ + an element of unknown meaning.

Woodruff key

Wood |ruff key ▶noun a key whose cross section is part circular, to fit into a curved keyway in a shaft, and part rectangular, used chiefly in machinery. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: named after the Woodruff Manufacturing Company, Hartford, Connecticut, US.

woodrush

wood |rush |ˈwʊdrʌʃ | ▶noun a grass-like plant that typically has long flat leaves fringed with long hairs. ●Genus Luzula, family Juncaceae: many species.

Woods, Tiger

Woods |wʊdz | (b.1975 ), American golfer; born Eldrick Woods. In 2000 he became the youngest player to win all four of golf's grand slam events.

Woods, William Burnham

Woods, William Burnham |wo͝odz wʊdz | (1824 –87 ), US Supreme Court associate justice 1880 –87. A judge on the circuit court, he was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Hayes.

wood sage

wood sage ▶noun a yellow-flowered European plant of the mint family, growing in dry shady places. ●Teucrium scorodonia, family Labiatae.

woodscrew

wood |screw |ˈwʊdskruː | ▶noun a tapering metal screw with a sharp point.

woodshed

wood |shed |ˈwʊdʃɛd | ▶noun a shed where wood for fuel is stored. ▶verb [ no obj. ] (usu. as noun woodshedding ) informal (of a musician ) practise in private. • improvise or harmonize spontaneously. PHRASES something nasty in the woodshed Brit. informal a shocking or distasteful thing that has been kept secret. [from the novel Cold Comfort Farm (1932 ) by Stella Gibbons. ]take someone to the woodshed N. Amer. informal, dated reprove or punish someone: if you miss the call, you get taken to the woodshed.

Woods Hole

Woods Hole a village in Falmouth in southeastern Massachusetts, at the southwest corner of Cape Cod, a resort and noted ocean research center.

woodsia

woodsia |ˈwʊdzɪə | ▶noun a small tufted fern that grows among rocks in mountains in temperate and cool regions. ●Genus Woodsia, family Woodsiaceae. ORIGIN modern Latin, named after Joseph Woods (1776 –1864 ), English architect and botanist.

wood slave

wood slave ▶noun W. Indian a Central American gecko with a tail that is swollen at the base, often found living in houses. ●Thecadactylus rapicauda, family Gekkonidae.

woodsman

woods |man |ˈwʊdzmən | ▶noun ( pl. woodsmen ) a person living or working in woodland, especially a forester, hunter, or woodcutter.

woodsmoke

wood |smoke |ˈwʊdsməʊk | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the smoke from a wood fire.

wood sorrel

wood sor ¦rel ▶noun a creeping Eurasian woodland plant, with clover-like leaves and pink or white flowers that are typically streaked with purple. ●Oxalis acetosella, family Oxalidaceae.

wood spirit

wood spirit ▶noun another term for wood alcohol.

wood stain

wood stain ▶noun a commercially produced substance for colouring wood.

woodstar

Woodstock

Wood |stock |ˈwʊdstɒk | 1 a small town in New York State, situated in the south-east near Albany. It gave its name in the summer of 1969 to a huge rock festival held some 96 km (60 miles ) to the south-west. 2 a small town in Oxfordshire, south central England; pop. 2,600 (est. 2009 ). Blenheim Palace is located there.

wood stork

wood stork ▶noun another term for wood ibis ( sense 1 ).

woodswallow

woodsy

woodsy |ˈwʊdzi | ▶adjective ( woodsier, woodsiest ) N. Amer. relating to or characteristic of wood or woodland: trails through woodsy countryside | the woodsy smells of cedar and pine. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: formed irregularly from wood (differentiated from woody ).

wood thrush

wood thrush ▶noun a thrush of eastern North America, with a brown back, a dark-spotted white breast, and a loud liquid song. ●Hylocichla mustelina, family Turdidae.

wood tick

wood tick ▶noun a North American tick which infests wild and domestic animals, often found clinging to plants and responsible for transmitting spotted fever. ●Genus Dermacentor, family Ixodidae, in particular D. andersoni.

woodturning

wood |turn ¦ing |ˈwʊdtəːnɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of shaping wood with a lathe. DERIVATIVES woodturner noun

wood warbler

wood warb |ler ▶noun a migratory European leaf warbler found in woodland, with plaintive calls and a trilling song. ●Phylloscopus sibilatrix, family Sylviidae. • any New World warbler of the family Parulidae.

Woodward, Joanne

Woodward, Robert

Woodward, Robert Burns

Wood |ward |ˈwʊdwəd | (1917 –79 ), American organic chemist. He was the first to synthesize quinine, cholesterol, chlorophyll, and vitamin B 12, and with the Polish-born American chemist Roald Hoffmann (b.1937 ) discovered symmetry-based rules governing the course of rearrangement reactions involving cyclic intermediates. Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1965 ).

woodwasp

wood |wasp |ˈwʊdwɒsp | ▶noun another term for horntail.

woodwind

wood |wind |ˈwʊdwɪnd | ▶noun [ treated as sing. or pl. ] wind instruments other than brass instruments forming a section of an orchestra, including flutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons: striking passages for woodwind and brass | [ as modifier ] : a woodwind instrument.

wood wool

wood wool ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. a mass of fine, soft wood shavings, typically used as a packing material.

woodwork

wood |work |ˈwʊdwəːk | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the wooden parts of a room or building, such as window frames or doors: the woodwork was painted blue. • (the woodwork ) informal the wooden frame of a soccer goal (used in reference to a shot that is a near miss ): Derby twice hit the woodwork. 2 Brit. the activity or skill of making things from wood: he taught woodwork at night school. PHRASES come out of the woodwork (of an unpleasant person or thing ) emerge from obscurity; be revealed. DERIVATIVES woodworker noun

woodworking

wood |work |ing ▶noun another term for woodwork ( sense 2 ).

woodworm

wood |worm |ˈwʊdwəːm | ▶noun the wood-boring larva of the furniture beetle. • [ mass noun ] the damaged condition of wood resulting from infestation with woodworm.

woody

woody |ˈwʊdi | ▶adjective ( woodier, woodiest ) (of an area of land ) covered with trees: a woody dale. • made of, resembling, or suggestive of wood: cut out the woody central core before boiling. • Botany (of a plant or its stem ) of the nature of or consisting of wood; lignified. ▶noun ( pl. woodies ) N. Amer. vulgar slang an erection of the penis. DERIVATIVES woodiness noun

woodyard

wood |yard |ˈwʊdjɑːd | ▶noun a yard where wood is chopped or stored.

woody nightshade

woody night |shade ▶noun see nightshade.

American Oxford Thesaurus

wood

wood noun 1 there should be enough wood left over to make a small shelf: lumber, timber, planks, planking; logs, sawlogs. 2 (usu. woods ) a walk through the woods: forest, woodland, trees; copse, coppice, grove, bush, woodlot. WORD LINKS ligneous consisting of or resembling wood Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

wooded

wooded adjective the wooded area behind the library: forested, treed, tree-covered, woody; literary sylvan.

wooden

wooden adjective 1 a wooden door: wood, timber, woody; ligneous. 2 his wooden posture: stilted, stiff, unnatural, awkward, leaden; dry, flat, stodgy, lifeless, passionless, spiritless, soulless. 3 her face was wooden: expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, emotionless, blank, vacant, unresponsive.

woodland

woodland noun they've cleared part of the woodland to build a cabin: woods, wood, forest, trees; archaic greenwood.

Oxford Thesaurus

wood

wood noun 1 a table made of dark polished wood: timber, planks, planking; N. Amer. lumber. 2 Bob fetched wood and lit a fire: firewood, kindling, logs; fuel. 3 a short walk through the pine woods: forest, woodland, trees; copse, thicket, coppice, grove, brake; plantation; Brit. spinney; archaic holt, greenwood; rare boscage. WORD LINKS wood ligneous relating to wood agroforestry, arboriculture, forestry, silviculture farming of wood Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

wooded

wooded adjective a wooded valley: forested, afforested, tree-covered, woody; literary sylvan, bosky, tree-clad; rare timbered.

wooden

wooden adjective 1 the heavy wooden door: made of wood, wood, timber, woody; ligneous; rare treen. 2 wooden acting: stilted, stiff, unnatural, clumsy, awkward, graceless, inelegant, ungainly, leaden; dry, flat, stodgy, lifeless, lacking vitality, passionless, unimpassioned, spiritless, soulless. ANTONYMS lively, flowing. 3 her eyes were hard and her face wooden: expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, devoid of emotion, emotionless, blank, empty, vacant, unresponsive.

woodland

woodland noun 1000 acres of natural woodland: woods, wood, forest, trees; archaic greenwood; rare boscage.

woodwork

woodwork noun carpentry, joinery.

Duden Dictionary

Wood

Wood Substantiv, maskulin , der |wʊd |der Wood; Genitiv: des Woods, Plural: die Woods englisch Golfschläger mit Kopf aus Holz

Woodcockspaniel

Wood cock spa ni el Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈwʊdkɔkʃpani̯əl auch …spɛni̯əl |der Woodcockspaniel; Genitiv: des Woodcockspaniels, Plural: die Woodcockspaniels englisch Cockerspaniel

Woodstock

Wood stock Eigenname |ˈwʊdstɔk |Ort im amerikanischen Bundesstaat New York, nach dem das bekannteste Open-Air-Festival der Hippiebewegung benannt wurde

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

wood

wood /wʊd / (! -oo-は /ʊ /; wouldと同音 ) 〖原義は 2 〗(形 )wooden 名詞複～s /-dz /1 U 〖種類では可算〗木材 , (材料としての )木 (!製材した材木の意では｟主に米｠lumber, ｟主に英｠timberを用いる ) ; ｟まれ｠〖形容詞的に〗木製の (!この意味では通例woodenを用いる ) ▸ a frame made of wood ≒a wood frame 木製の枠 ▸ a soft [hard ] wood 軟 [硬 ]材 ▸ a piece of wood 木片 .2 C 〖しばしばthe ～s; 単複両扱い〗森 ; 林 (!より大きなものはforest ) ▸ Father took me camping in the woods .父は私を連れて森へキャンプに行った ▸ be lost in the woods 森で道に迷う .3 U まき , 薪（たきぎ）(firewood )▸ put more wood on the fire 火にまきをもっとくべる ▸ gather [chop, cut ] wood まきを集める [割る ].4 C 〘ゴルフ〙ウッド〘ヘッドが木製のクラブ〙; ウッドでの1打 ▸ a 3- wood 3番ウッド .5 U 〖the ～〗(酒類を入れる )たる , おけ .6 U 〖the ～〗(器具の )木製部分 , 木の柄 ; 〘テニス〙ラケットの木枠 .7 ＝woodwind .kn ò ck (on ) w ó od ｟米｠〖間投詞的に〗(これからも )幸運が続きますように, 無事でありますように (!幸運な話や自慢をした後に言う表現; たたりを避けようと木製の物に触れるまじないが起源 ) .n ò t be ò ut of the w ó od (s ) (yet )｟くだけて｠(依然として )危機を脱していない .n ò t s è e the w ó od for the tr é es ｟英｠＝not see the forest for the trees .t ò uch w ó od ｟英｠＝knock (on ) wood .～̀ á lcohol メチルアルコール .～́ an è mone 〘植〙ウッドアネモネ〘アネモネ数種の総称〙.～́ bl ò ck 1 (床用 )木れんが .2 木版 (画 ).3 ウッドブロック〘打楽器の一種; 木をくり抜いて作られる〙.～́ c ò al 木炭, 褐炭 .～́ engr à ver 木版師 .～́ engr à ving 1 木版 (術 ).2 木版画 .～́ gl ù e 木工用ボンド .～́ ì bis 〘鳥〙トキコウ〘コウノトリ科〙.～́ l ò use (複～ lice /laɪs /)〘動〙ワラジムシ, ダンゴムシ .～́ n ỳ mph 森の精 (dryad ).～́ p ì geon 〘鳥〙モリバト〘野生で大型〙.～́ p ù lp (製紙用 )木材パルプ .～́ scr è w 木（もく）ねじ .～́ s ò rrel 〘植〙カタバミ .～́ sp ì rit ＝wood alcohol .～́ t à r 木（もく）タール〘木材ロープなどの防腐剤〙.～́ thr ù sh 〘鳥〙モリツグミ〘北米東部産〙.～́ t ù rning ろくろ細工 .

woodbine

w ó od b ì ne 名詞 U 〘植〙スイカズラ ; アメリカヅタ (Virginia creeper ).

woodcarving

w ó od c à rving 名詞 U 木彫 (術 ); C 木彫品 [作品 ].

woodchuck

w ó od ch ù ck 名詞 C 〘動〙(北米産 )マーモット .

woodcock

w ó od c ò ck 名詞複～s, ～C 〘鳥〙ヤマシギ .

woodcraft

w ó od cr à ft 名詞 U 森林 [狩猟 ]の知識 ; 森林学 ; 木工 [木彫 ]術 .

woodcut

w ó od c ù t 名詞 C 版木 ; 木版 (画 ).

woodcutter

w ó od c ù tter 名詞 C 1 きこり .2 木版画家 .

wooded

w ó od ed /-ɪd /形容詞 1 樹木の茂った [に覆われた ]; 森の多い .2 〖複合語を作って〗…の木質の, 木が …の ▸ soft wooded 柔らかい木質の .

wooden

wood en /wʊ́d (ə )n /〖wood (木 )en (製の ); 〗→wood 形容詞 more ～; most ～/1 は比較なし 1 〖通例名詞の前で〗木でできた , 木製の ▸ a wooden floor [box ]木でできた床 [箱 ].2 〈人動作などが〉ぎこちない, 不器用な ; 〈表情などが〉無表情な, 生気のない .～̀ h ó rse 〖the ～/W- H- 〗〘ギ神〙トロイの木馬 (Trojan horse ).～̀ Í ndian (!｟米｠) 1 北米先住民の木像〘昔のタバコ屋の看板〙.2 ｟話｠無感動 [無表情 ]な人 .～̀ sp ó on 1 (料理用の )木製スプーン .2 ｟英くだけて｠〖the ～〗【競争での】最下位 «in » ▸ get [take ] the wooden spoon びりになる〘最下位の人に木製のスプーンを贈呈するというジョークから〙.～̀ w á lls (沿岸警護のための )軍艦 .～̀ w é dding [anniv é rsary ]木婚式〘結婚5年目〙.～ly 副詞不器用に .～ness 名詞 U 不器用 .

wooden-headed

w ò oden-h é ad ed /-ɪd /形容詞｟くだけて｠飲みこみの悪い, のろまな .

woodland

wood land /wʊ́dlənd, -læ̀nd /名詞 U 森林地帯 , 森林地 (!woodlandsともいう; その場合複数扱い ) ▸ woodland creatures 森の動物たち .

woodman

w ó od man 名詞複 -men C 1 きこり (｟男女共用｠woodcutter ).2 森林に住む人 ; 森林を管理する人 (｟男女共用｠forest dweller, forester ).

woodpecker

w ó od p è cker 名詞 C 〘鳥〙キツツキ .

woodpile

w ó od p ì le 名詞 C まき [材木 ]の山 .

woodshed

w ó od sh è d 名詞 C (家屋に隣接した )まき小屋 .

woodsman

woods man /wʊ́dzmən /名詞複 -men ＝woodman .

woodsy

woods y /wʊ́dzi /形容詞｟くだけて｠森林の (ような ).

woodwind

w ó od w ì nd 名詞 C 1 木管楽器 .2 〖｟米｠the ～s, ｟英｠the ～; ｟英｠では単複両扱い〗(オーケストラの )木管楽器部 .

woodwork

w ó od w ò rk 名詞 U 1 木工 (技術 ); 〖集合的に〗木工品 .2 (家の内部の )木造部〘階段ドアなど〙.c ò me [cr à wl ] out of the w ó odwork ｟くだけて非難して｠〈人が〉 (状況がよくなったのを見て, 権利などを主張するために )ぞろぞろ出て来る, 突然現れる .

woodworm

w ó od w ò rm 名詞 1 C 〖通例～s 〗〘虫〙キクイムシ .2 U キクイムシによる害 .

woody

wood y /wʊ́di /形容詞 1 木の茂った ; 森の多い ▸ a woody region 森林地方 .2 木の, 木のような ; 木質の .